Bois-Franc station
{{Short description|Future interchange railway station in Montreal, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Bois-Franc
| type =
| style = REM
| image = Gare Bois-Francs AMT.jpg
| image_caption = Bois-Franc station platforms before reconstruction
| address = 54–65 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West[https://rtm.quebec/(X(1)S(mx04gkbnqvcsljujdgjqfrn0))/en/trip-planner/train/deux-montagnes/0/11060#InformationsGare Bois-Franc (RTM)]
| borough = Montreal, Quebec
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|45|31|23|N|73|42|35|W|type:railwaystation_region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| operator = {{ubl|Canadian Northern Railway (1918–1923)|Canadian National Railway (1923–1996)|Agence métropolitaine de transport (1996–2017)|Réseau de transport métropolitain (2017–2020)}}
| line = REM main line
| structure = At-grade
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| bus_stands = 8https://rem.info/fr/se-deplacer/stations-du-reseau/bois-franc
| connections = {{Plainlist|
- {{ric|system=Canada transit|line=STM|name=y}}
- {{ric|system=Canada transit|line=STL|name=y}}
}}
| parking = 689 spaceshttps://rem.info/fr/se-deplacer/stations-du-reseau/bois-franc
| bicycle = 120 rack spaces{{Cite web |title=Bois-Franc Station |url=https://rem.info/en/travelling/stations/bois-franc |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=REM |language=en}}
| accessible = Yes
| zone = ARTM: A{{cite web |title=Fare Zones |url=https://www.artm.quebec/en/fare-zones/ |website=Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority |access-date=1 July 2022 |date=1 July 2022}}
| web = {{URL|rem.info/en/stations/bois-franc}}
| opened = {{Start date|1918}}
| closed = {{End date|2020|12|31}}
| former = {{ubl|Lazard (1918–1926)|Val-Royal (1926–1995)}}
| pass_year = {{Exo ridership|year}}
| passengers = {{formatnum:{{Exo ridership|Bois-Franc (AMT)}}}}
| pass_system = Exo
| services =
| other_services_header = Future services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=REM
|line1=REM|left1=Sunnybrooke|right1=Du Ruisseau|to-left1=Deux-Montagnes
|line2=REM|left2=Des Sources|right2=Du Ruisseau|to-left2=Anse-à-l'Orme
|line3=REM|left3=Marie-Curie|right3=Du Ruisseau|to-left3=Airport}}
| other_services2_header = Former services
| other_services2_collapsible = yes
| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=Exo|line=Deux-Montagnes|left=Sunnybrooke|right=Du Ruisseau
|system3=Canadian National Railway
|note-row4=Services in 1943{{cite web |title=Canadian National Railways |url=https://streamlinermemories.info/CAN/CN43-6TT.pdf |website=streamlinermemories |access-date=1 April 2025 |date=June 1943}}
|line6=Montreal-Lac Remi|left6=Ste. Genevieve|right6=Mount Royal
|line7=St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac|left7=Ste. Genevieve|right7=Vertu}}
}}
Bois-Franc station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) interchange station in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. REM service is expected to begin at the station in October 2025.{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2139704/rem-transport-commun-montreal|title=Les branches nord et ouest du REM en service dès octobre|date=12 February 2025 |access-date=13 February 2025}} / {{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rem-opening-date-montreal-1.7458375|title=North and west REM branches to begin carrying passengers in October|date=13 February 2025 |access-date=13 February 2025}}
It was formerly a commuter rail station on the Deux-Montagnes line until Exo ended service in 2020.
Origin of name
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Bois-Franc takes its name from the nearby Bois-Franc residential development, itself named for chemin du Bois-Franc, the original name of the stretch of boulevard Henri-Bourassa through this area, which had previously ended at the Laurentian Autoroute. Bois Franc was also the original name of the nearby pioneer airstrip that later was known as Cartierville Airport, until its closing in the 1980s.
History
The original station was named Lazard{{cite web|last=Walton|first=Mark|title=The Mount Royal Tunnel Electrification|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/tunnel.htm|work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages|date=June 6, 2000|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118181118/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/tunnel.htm|archivedate=January 18, 2012}} (likely for the Franco-American merchant bank Lazard Frères & Co. which underwrote the construction of the Mount Royal Tunnel on this rail line). In 1926, the station was renamed Val-Royal. After the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes Line, between 1993 and 1995, a new station named Bois-Franc was built; the original station was then demolished at the request of the Canadian National Railway and with the permission of Transport Canada on June 5, 1995.N/Réf. T6165/S7 & V/Réf. 5105-VAL-1 The old station site is now a parking lot on the east side of Boulevard Marcel-Laurin.
Location
The station is located at 5465 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West, between Marcel-Laurin Boulevard/Boulevard Laurentien (Route 117) and Grenet Street in Saint-Laurent on the border with Cartierville.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
Cartierville branch and station
A single-track electrified (2400 V DC) branch to Cartierville, a relic of when the line terminated there in Canadian Northern Railway days, left the line at (then) Val-Royal station. When the line was run by Canadian National, only one rush-hour trip was scheduled in each direction. It was abandoned in the early 1980s when STM predecessor STCUM took over operations of the Deux-Montagnes line. The Cartierville station was located at the corner of Gouin West and Laurentian boulevards.{{cite web|title=Montreal-Cartierville-Deux-Montagnes schedule 1979 pages 3&4|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/82142226@N00/5358440329/in/photostream/|work=Canadian National suburban Montreal public timetable, August 6, 1979|date=15 January 2011|accessdate=2 October 2011}} The Cartierville Station was to have been the terminus of Line 3 (Red) of the Montreal Metro.
Connecting bus routes
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!style="background: #0085CA; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;"colspan="4"|Société de transport de Montréal | |
No.
! Route | |
---|---|
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|64 | #{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|rush-hour high-frequency}}|#{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|all-day high-frequency}}|border=#{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|all-day high-frequency}}}}
| Grenet |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|126 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STM}}|#fff}}}}
| Thimens / Grenet |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|164 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STM}}|#fff}}}}
| Dudemaine |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|170 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STM}}|#fff}}}}
| Keller |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|171 | #{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|rush-hour high-frequency}}|#{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|all-day high-frequency}}|border=#{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|all-day high-frequency}}}}
| Henri-Bourassa peak only |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|215 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STM}}|#fff}}}}
| Henri-Bourassa |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|382 {{emoji presentation|☾|text}} | #{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|night}}|#fff}}
| Pierrefonds / Saint-Charles |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|468 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STM}}|#fff}}}}
| Express Pierrefonds / Gouin |
style="background: #{{rcr|Canada transit|Société de transport de Laval}}; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="4" | Société de transport de Laval | |
No.
! Route | |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STL|size=20px}} {{rbox|144 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STL}}|#fff}}}}
| Sainte-Dorothée - Métro Côte-Vertu |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STL|size=20px}} {{rbox|151 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STL}}|#fff}}}}
| Sainte-Rose - Métro Côte-Vertu |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STL|size=20px}} {{rbox|713 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STL}}|#fff}}}}
| Sainte-Dorothée - Métro Côte-Vertu |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STL|size=20px}} {{rbox|744 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STL}}|#fff}}}}
| Gare Sainte-Dorothée - Métro Côte-Vertu |
{{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STL|size=20px}} {{rbox|902 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STL}}|#fff}}}}
| Terminus Le Carrefour - Métro Côte-Vertu |
See also
References
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{{Exo rail system}}
{{REM navbox}}
External links
- [https://rtm.quebec/(X(1)S(mx04gkbnqvcsljujdgjqfrn0))/en/trip-planner/train/deux-montagnes/0/11060#InformationsGare Bois-Franc Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)]
- [https://rtm.quebec/(X(1)S(mx04gkbnqvcsljujdgjqfrn0))/en/trip-planner/train/deux-montagnes/0/11060#onglet_horaire Bois-Franc Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161130145628/http://www.stm.info/sites/default/files/pdf/fr/plan_reseau2016.pdf 2016 STM System Map]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110920141605/http://www.stl.laval.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Carte_Reseau_STL_MAI11.pdf STL 2011 map]
{{Commons category-inline|Bois-Franc station}}
Category:Future Réseau express métropolitain railway stations
Category:Former Exo commuter rail stations
Category:Railway stations in Montreal
Category:Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Category:1994 establishments in Quebec